Germany, Heer. A War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords Document To Obergefreiter GTRexclude all attached to a silver

all attached to a silver gilt chain

Footnote: During the German occupation of Africa

intact exterior metal hinge

trimmed along the bottom edge in a 75 mm long dark yellow fringe

though the blood letting was not all one-sided

Germany, Heer. A War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords Document To Obergefreiter GTRexclude all attached to a silverMeasuring 140x200mm, very fine condition with light scuffing and multiple folding creases. It is in the name of Obergefreiter (Corporal) Paul Koch, dated to the Hauptquartier des Generalstabes des Heeres (Headquarters of the General Staff of the Army) on April 20, 1944 and signed in blue ink by a Major and Deputy Department Chief of the Main Department of the General Staff of the Army.